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A. MOORE PAPER BECEPTACLE Filed March 1921 Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES ABLINGTON MOORE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

Application filed March 23, 1921. Serial No. 454,765.

' tainers.

The primary object of my present invention is'to provide a form of paper contuiner, having means whereby the container may be tightly closed after it has been filled and may have a suitable handle or bail attached thereto, so that it may be conveniently carried in the hand.

I accomplish this object by providing a receptacle which may have a suitable reenforced rim, providing an exterior shoulder, and an engaging means therefor which is also adapted to secure a suitable closure for the receptacle in place and to provide a convenient'means of attachment of a bail, by which the receptacle may be carried.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

"Fig. 1 is a side elevation thereof, partly in central vertical section.

Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional plan views, at lines a-a of Fig. 1.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the closure and Fig. 6 is a detail view, illustrating the manner of securing the closure in position.

As shown in Fig. 1, a paper receptacle is provided, the body of which tapers sufficient- 1y from top to bottom, to permit a plurality thereof to be nested, The rim-portion of the receptacle is re-enforced by reversely a form of parchment paper usually bein employed, which, previous to use, is dishe or cupped somewhat in the form shown in Fig. 5, providing a circular middle portion 5, the diameter of which is the same as the external diameter of the rim at its top edge," and a flange 6, the width of which is somewhat greater than the Width of the T1111.

I further provide a resilient wire ring 7, the ends of the wire of which it is formed being welded together. A pair of loops 8 are formed in said ring at diametrically opposite points, and the end portions of said loops may be bent in nearly circular form, shown, to-provide eyes adapted to receive the hooked ends of a wire bail 9, as hereinafter described, and also to provide a construction which permits the side of the loops to besprung apart, thereby to'permit the ring to be distended.

The internal diameter of the ring 7, is, normally, approximately equal to the external diameter of the receptacle at the point at which the shoulder 3 projects therefrom, as

shown in Fig. 2, but, by spreading the sides -of the loops 8, the intervening semi-circular sections of the ring will be separated, so as to the increase its internal diameter, as shown in Fig. 3. This separation may be brought about by pressing the ends of the loops towards each other, as Well as by pull ing or pushing the ring sections apart.

When the receptacle has been filled, the paper disk 4 is placed in position on the rim 2, and the ring 7 is placed on the rim overtheflanged portion of the disk as shown in Fig. 6, and is then pressed down so as to draw the'disk tightly onto the rim. During this operation the ring will be somewhatdistended, either by the wedging action of thetapering sides of the rim, as it is pushed down, or by pressing the loops 8 towards each other, or both, and this action is continued until the ring is pushed down past the shoulder 3, and then it is permitted to contract beneath the-shoulder, and, at the same time, to draw in the flange of the paper disk and press it against the shoulder and side wall, so that it will be securely bound in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The bale 9 is then hooked into the eyes of loops 8, so that the receptacles may be conveniently carried thereby, the shoulder 3 preventing the ring from being drawn up ward. When it is desired to remove the paper disk, the ring is merely pushed down so that it is freed therefrom and will fall from the receptacle.

With the above described construction an effective means is provided for conveniently and securely holding the closure in position on the receptacle, and for attaching the bail thereto, the arrangement permitting the receptacles tobe closely nested before they are used and the other parts to be packed in a small space.

I claim:

1. In combination with a paper receptacle having a reenforced rim, providing an external shoulder at its under side, a flexible closure thereforadapted to be bent down over said rim beneath said shoulder, a resilient wire ring adapted to be distended to pass over said rim and to press the closure against said shoulder and the adjacent portion of the side wall, and means adapted to be attached to said ring, to support the receptacle.

2. In combination with a paper receptacle having a reenforced rim, providing an external shoulder at its under side, a paper disk, for covering the top of the receptacle, having its edge portion adapted to be bent down over said rim beneath said shoulder, a resilient wire ring having loops formed therein, to permit the same to be distended, and passed over said rimwith the fiange of the disk in position thereon, to draw the disk edge portions downward and clamp them a ainst the sides of the receptacle beneath t e shoulder when permitted tocontract, and means adapted to engage said ring to support the receptacle.

3. In combination with a paper receptacle having a reenforced rim, providing an external shoulder at its under side, a disk of relatively thin paper adapted to have its edge portion bent down over said rim beneath said shoulder, a resilient wire ring having oppositely disposed loops formed therein, the side portions of said loops being adapted to be sprung apart to permit the ring to be distended to pass over said rim and to clamp the disk edge-portions against the side wall beneath said shoulder, and a bail adapted to be engaged with said loops, to support the receptacle.

4. In combination with a paper receptacle having a reenforced rim formed of a continuation of the stock of the side wall, said rim being formed to provide a shoulder at its under side exteriorly of the receptacle and having its outer side tapering from said shoulder to the upper edge, a closure adapted to be bent down over said rim beneath said shoulder, a resilient wire ring having oppositely disposed loops formed therein the side portions of said loops being adapted to be. sprung apart to permit the ring to be distended by the tapering surface of said rim, as the ring is pressed down thereon, and to pass over the same to clamp the closure against the side Wall beneath said shoulder,

and means adapted to be engaged with said loops, to support the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ARLINGTON MOORE. 

